Apparatus for setting tires



(No Model.) P. G. AUSTIN.

APPARATUS FOR SETTING TIRES.

No. 363,272. Patented May 17, 1887.

lhvrrnn STATES PERRY G. AUSTIN, OF HEOLA, INDIANA.

APPARATUS FOR SETTING TIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 363,272, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed October 20, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERRY G. AUSTIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hecla, in the county of Whitley and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Setting Tires in Boiling Oil; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a front elevation. Fig. '2 is a central vertical section on line as m, Fig. 1.

My invention relates to an improved apparatus for setting tires in boiling oil; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates a wagon jack, which consists of four perforated crossed legs which are connected by a bolt, B,which may be passed through any four of the properlyaligued holes or perforations in the crossed legs 0 D.

E designates a sheet-metal trough, which is preferably made are shape in longitudinal section to fit the contour of the vehicle-wheel F, and is supported below the wheel by stirrups G H, which embrace the legs of the wagonjack. The trough E is provided about the middle of its length with stirrups or hangers I J, which are employed to support a lamp, L, beneath the trough E, by which lamp the oil in the trough is to be heated:

The oil, preferably linseed-oil, should be Serial No. 216,779. (No model.)

heated to theboiling-point, andthe wheelshould be turned in said boiling oil for from five to ten minutes. The hammer should be employed to true up the tire upon the wheel while the tire is expanded, after which the tire may be cooled in the usual or any desired manner.

This apparatus is cheap and so simple that any'person can by its use set tires, and thus avoid the time and expense of a trip to the blacksmith-shop. Further, the tire does not need to be removed from the wheel, and by this method the wood of the folly is uninjured; in fact, the oil improves it.

It will be observed-that the curved, crossed, and perforated legs and the removable bolt B afford substantial supports for the wheel while being treated, and that by adjusting the said bolt through different perforations the device is readily adapted for wheels of different sizes. At the same time a wheel is supported on both ends of the hub when mounted in the device.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The combinatiomwith the crossed legs A A O 0, provided with perforations, and the bolt B, adapted for these perforations'and the eye through the hub of a wheel, of the trough E, provided with the stirrups G H, embracing said legs, and the stirrups or hangers depending from the trough and supporting the lamps L, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PERRY G. AUSTIN.

Witnesses:

Erin K. STRONG, HERMAN A. HARTsAoK. 

